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NO. 237
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PEACE COUNCIL
RUSSIAN POLICY
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ADOPTS
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Five Great Powers Reach Definite
Aareement Reaardlna Russia-
Supreme Council of Peace Confer
ence Decides to Send Mission to
Poland Comprlslna Elulit Deleuates,
From Each United States. Great
Britain, France and Italy.
LONDON. .Inn, '."2.-Tin- five ureal
iowcrn Grail Britain J'rmico. Ihe
United KtnlvH, Itiilv mill Jnpiin. Iinvc
reached ii Uf mU agreement re
curding UiiKMiu. nt'cnnling to a Paris
tlinpotfho tu the (Vnlriil News tmluv
i; PAIUS. Jim. 22. Tho supremo
council of tlm ponce coiiferi'iiea thin
morning wiiiKiilrruil tli I'nlixli one
linn uml decided tu hi'inl ii tiii-wiun to
I'otllhd. TIllH llllllllllhl'l'llll'lll U'lIK lUlldc
in tho official Matciucnt ii f tlm pro
ceedings of llii' conference.
A proposal fruiii I'ri'Kiili-iil Wilson
ri'Uiiriliinr the Hu-inii nuciitinii will
lie cliHiufHvil Hum afternoon, the state
ment mlili'ii.
The supreme council uf the ponce
conference took up the Polish rnics-
tinll when it iihhiiiiiIiU'iI luiliiv. Mur
hIiiiI Kuril, tilt! allied commander in
cliii'f, w nri'Hi'iit und was consulted
on the subject.
Tho discussion resulted in n'llu
pinion lir thu rniini'il In scud nt once
lo I'liliiml n iiiin-.ic.il comprising eight
delegatus, oni military and one civil.
from oiicli of tin? I nit I'd States, Grcnt
Britain. Krnneo nnil lliilv.
Tlir council then took tin again the
oncstion of tlin Kiinhuui situation.
President Wilson look n prominent
part in this. reading 11 prupoKul on
the Niihici't to tin' Council, which
planned to discuss it nt (lie ufti'rnoun
session beginning nt '.) u clock.
Itinodim Problem
frin 'iplt'S of iii'tinn Imve been de
cided I pun in llio main uml virtually
nil that remains is to reduce the
nurccmcni to writing nnil get final
iissenl lo it bv the di'leuiiles. There
was no iiiilii'iiliuii nt the opening of
today's nii'i'limr iim to which nnu of the
three proposals already considered
hull Iiitii neceplod, or whether nn en
tirolv now plan had been worked out.
Ilic policy of building n wall around
Bolshevism hv encouraging lawful
uovprnmi'iil in j-HPoki-n of u being
foremost muting thn possibilities.
When the supreme council of tho
pence I'uiifi'ri'iii'e mot (hero unto pres
ent, in addition to nil the memherH of
the council. Marshal Koch, thn allied
I'oinmiiiiiler-Mi-i'hiel : General W'uv
L'linil, liin chief of staff, nnil Hear
Admiral Hope, ileputv first sea lord
of thn British uilniiriiltv board. It was
iiNKiiuu'il from the presence of then
military nnil naval officer (hut the
ItitsNiiin situation on llm llaltic and
on tho land front was discussed,
Wilson nnil (.'oorgo Agroo
President Wilson and David I.lovd
Gaorgo. the llrilish premier, urn In
complete iigrcoiuenl uh regards Iho
Uussrjfn situation, nt'cnnling to the
J uris edition of tho' London Dnilv
Mail.' Thev reirard it Rotllement of
tho ItiiNhinii nuestioii uh uliHoliitelv
iieceHNiirv preliminnrv to tin formn
lion of it I.ciiLriio of NatioiiH, tho
newspaper dechiren, uml thev nro
i nn.vioiiH to ROi'iiro Iho evidence of ac
credited ItolHliovik represenlntives ns
to the HtittctiM of lliiHsian nl'fuii'H.
"French opinion," continues tho
newspaper, "in not nt present in fnvor
of even this admission of tho Bolshe
vik rouinio." .
GIRL BELL HOPS
CHICAGO, Jim, 22. A ntovomont
to dlaplncfl Klrl "boll hops" In hotels
, which omployod thorn bocatmo of tho
war lafior Bhortago was begun today
by A. B. T. Mooro, national aocretnry
of tho Gtdoona, anting nn a resolution
.adopted at a recent mooting of the
exocutlvo commltee of tho organisa
tion, . lle aildrofwod a loiter to Iho
Amorlciin Itotol Jinn's Protoctlvo aa
Boolutlon iirtflng that glrln bo roloim
ed' from thono poaltlnna which, ho
Hiild, Kiihjnela Ihnm to Improper In-fluoncos,
g REPLACED IN CHICAGO
T
1 13 Who Refused to Wear Uniform
and Did No Military Duty. Liberat
ed From Prison at Fort Leaven
worth and Unexecuted Portions of
Their Sentences Remitted.
WAHIII.VCITON', Jim. 22. Sucro-
lur' llnkor Imluy ordered llio roleuvo
of 113 coimelalitloim objortorii hold
nt Kort Louvunwortli, tho ronilniilon
of llio iinoxucuied iiorlloim of Ihnlr
noulDiieoa, tholr "honoralilo roolorn
tlon lo duty" anil Immoilliito din
chnmo from llio army.
Tho men nileunod comurlno two
clumuiu. In ono (sroup nro thirty men
who horetoforu have, boon recom
mended hy llio board of Inquiry
headed hy Jtiilgo Julian Muck, for
furlough. Group two I no I u den thono
men whom tho hoard of Inquiry on
ro-iixamliiailon found lo lio nlncoro
and who lit lla juilKinoiil would have.
been recommended for furloiiKh If
(hoy had hud opportunity of belnK
examined tiy It boforo the court mar
tint proreadltiKii.
Secretary linker limtruetod that
tho dlaehiirKOH trained thono con
nclentlouH olijoetom nhoulil bo writ
ton on a upefliil form which Includes
tho followliiK remark:
"Thin la a eonaelenlloua objector
who linn done no military duty what
aoovor and who retimed to wear the
uniform."
The policy of granting farm or
other furloiiKha to aueh men aa wore
ndjudued ulucere. Hocrolnry Maker
uld In hla order, wax adopted o
thut tho co a a try mlitht huvo the ben
efit of atich lulior aa Ihoy could per
form conaclentloiiHly Instead ol hav
ing lo pay for their rare and sulmlR
tones wtlh no corresponding benefit.
Tho aecrelnry'a nellon doca not af
fect tho atalua of thoao eonaelenlloua
objectora who wero found to bo Inain
core In their objections.
HOPE TO KEEP
V
P.&E.
AS UG ROAD
A mooting of citizens wan held
Tiieadny to cIIocuhh tho attention
canned by iho court order suapeiidliiK
service on iho l'nclflc & lOastern
Jan. SI, and a commltteo appointed
to communicate with timber owners
und lumber operators, to secure their
cooperation In offorta to keep llio
road In operation na a logging road
nt lonat until tho lumbermen huve
tlmo to tormu:nle aonio plan for tho
future
Another meeting was hold this
afternoon which was attended by II
I). Mills, uiHintHur ot tho Hut to Kails
I.nmbor company, and nrrnngomontB
will bo miido to send u delegation to
1'ortlund to take up tho modification
of tho court order and aocuro the
toniia of tho receiver for thu pur
chiino of the property, with a vlow to
enlisting capital and freight guaran
tees.
.Mr. Mills stated that tho Butte
Kails Lumber company had exponded
$140,000 tho pust your in modornlis
Ing Ha equipment ami was now. for
tho first time ready for continuous
operation. Tho mill la now cutting
50,0(10 feet of lumber a day. bus a
million foot manufactured and await
ing shipment and two million feet ot
logs eut. Two carloads of lumber a
day enn bo furnished. ,
Tho Applngnto mill will hftvo ii
similar capacity and furnish n largo
toniiURp In logH. Tho Tom 1 In Box
factory' und. small sawmill will still
further lncreaso tho tonnage In ulght.
' PARIS, Jim. 22.' -The monarchist
mnvomont in Portugal, according lo
advices rocelved' hero, nppeurs to be
making progress A monarchist proc
lamation was read at Vnlmicn-Do-Mlnho
In the presence of tho garri
son. ' Tho rniuililleaii flag was then
lorn down nnd 'hyrnnd and tho mon
archist flag holstpd In Us plnco,
DEN
ous
OBJECTORS SET
FREE BY BAKER
SERIES OF BILLS
AIMEDIOSTRIKE
PAVING TRUST
Thomas arpj Sheldon Both After
Scalu of Hard-Surfaclnq Monop
olyAttack 10- Year Maintenance
Guarantee Thomas Resolution
Forces Appearance of Commission.
SAI.K.M, Jun. 22. Sonalor Thom
as' resolution calling for nn appcar-
anco of tho highway commissioners
boforo Iho leglsluluro which he
fought thru both houses over deter
mined opposition, culminated lust
night In a session thut brought the
roud question out of chaos and placed
It boforo tho legislature In clearly
defined linos so that exact needs are
known.
Sentiment In tho legislature and
with tho commission centers about
tho figure $10,0110,000, tho amount
tentatively agreed upon by tho com
mittees' to bo ombodlod aa a bond Is
sue In tho liMls to be Introduced at
tnis session.
Slrlko at I'uvliig Trust
The first ot a series of bills that
havo beoit drufted with tho view of
administering a solar plexus blow to
tho paving trust were Introduced In
tho legislature today ono In the
seniilo and one In the bouse.
Senators Thomas and l.achmund,
who, with Senator Dlmlck, have been
lending the flfthl against tho hard
surfacing monopoly In the senato.
aro tho authors of tho meusuro In
troduced in that body, and Keproson
tativo Sheldon, who has been Its foe
In the house, presented the one in
troduced In hat body, lloth strike at
tho socalled 10-year maintenance
giiuruntee, tho most effective Instru
ment employed by the paving trust
in corruiing naru-siirinciug couirucio.
OF
WASHINGTON, Jim. 22. Use of
water routes lo relieve crowded rail
road lines, consolidation of ticket of
fices, unification of terminals and
pooling of repair shops were among
tho war time reforms Instituted by
tho railroad administration Indorsed
as worthy of continuation by Julius
Kruttschnltt, chairman ot tho South
ern Pacific, In testimony today bo
foro the somite Intorstnto commerce
co m m It toe.
Standardisation of equipment for
nil railroads under federal control,
proposed 'by the railroad administra
tion, was said by .Mr. Kruttschnltt to
bo Inadvisable.
Tho short routing of truffle, Mr.
Kruttschnltt said, hud not resulted In
us largo benefits ns hud boon claimed.
In siiiiimarl.lng tho attltudo of tho
railroad executives toward railroad
legislation, Mr. Kruttschnltt said:
"Profiling by experience acquired
under both private nnd government
lerntion tho carriers earnestly do-
siro to provide a better system of op
eration liy combining tho Initiative
and beneficial features ot competl
Hon Inhoront in private ownership
with the benoflts developed during
operation by the government under
propor legislation,"
SAI.fMf, Jan. 22. The joint con
solldntttm committee of tho somite
and the houso ndoptod a program to
day which It will follow thru tho
senato. Tho urogram calls for six
sopuruto bills, covering everything
on tho subject of consolidation which
tho prcsont legislature will have tb
consider. Tho Blx departments to be
affected nro labor, health, agricultur
al iigenclos, boards regulating cor
porations, sttilo Institutions and
water nnd foreHls.
John Cnrkln of Medford, will pro-
pare the btlhjj
IWt Photo jpf -the
Underground
Wireless.
ill ' -iP i
With this wlreloaa equipment messages may be received and sent
by wireless without the aid of aerials and the equipment may be ready
to tune up and receive messages via underground In five minutes.
Atmospheric conditions give no trouble Ihere. James Harris Rogers,
who ia hero shown, with the equipment he developed, has received nies
agei from Berlin. Paris and Rome at his homo In Hyattsvllle. Md. The
system was used by the U. S. during the war. for the little box mw be
carrleswtnywhoro. and la ready tor business when a wre is stuck Into
the ground.
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WASHINGTON. Jan. 22 Disasters
was predicted as certain to follow
continued government operation of ,
the merchant murine, by Charles
Pnge, mombor of the shipping board, I
today at the opening session of a
morchant marine conference here to
discuss the future of. American aiiip-
ping. Mr. Page asked the advice of
the conference on problems which he
said the shipping hoard must meet
Immediately. .. ,
"Wo havo during tho war commit
ted tho board and constructors to a
program of building twelve and a
half million tons of steel 'ships, and
two and a half million tons of wood
en ships," ho said. "There are ser
ious misgivings as to what should be
done today, in the matter. Should
the contracts for Bhlps' not yet laid
down bo cancelled, and how are the
effects upon labor and inarkots to be
met if they are cancelled?
"Then comes tho question of dis
position of ships already built. Be
cause of the war wo have built some
ships of types, lot us say frankly,
that you ns shipping men wouldn't
think of buying to operate In world
competition. Tholr si.o, or tho mo
tive powor that was Installed, makes
that almost Impossible.
DIMMED
TO HEAD COMMITTEE
SAI.EXr. Ore.. Jim. 21 Senator
Wilder A. Dimiek ii Clackamas
county, wits today elected ehnir'ninri
ot the joint siiccinl committee on
consolidation, reeciviinr four votes to
one for Heiiresentntive (Iriilinni. Hcn
roseiitiitivo Herbert Gordon, chair
man ow the wnvs and muting commit
tee, in the house, was iipiiointed u
member of the coiiunitteo hv Speaker
Jones to take the pliieo of Juscph G.
Kii'hnrdson. resinned. 'f"' J
REDUCED RATES Off
OCEAN TRAFFIC
WASHINGTON, Jnn. 22. Hothiecil
iii'oiin l'roiuht rates over various
routes announced todnv by the shin
pine; hoard include: ,
Cotton from American attlf ports io
Ghent, llclu'ium, t".10 per 100 pounds;
eonl from American milf ports to
Chile, $lti..i0 per sross ton: eonl from
Hampton lioucls to Hawaiian islands,
sU 0 per ton; linrlcv I'rom the' I'ueifle
coast to the I'nited Kiilsjdoin (for the
fond, adminisl ration) $.V2"iO tv short
ton, , '
SOCIALISTS FAIL
TO WIN VICTORY
GERMAN ELECTION
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 22. It is re-
ported unofficially from Berlin that
319 delegates had been elected tosthe
national assembly I'rom 2$ districts
in the returns up to 5 o'clock Tues-
day afternoon. They were distrlbut-
cd as follows:
Majority socialists 132; German
democrats 5S: centrists 57; German
national party 28; independent so
cialists 22; German people's party,
12;, scattering 6.
AMSTERDAM. Jan. 22 AlthoucU
the majority socialists obtained nn
absolute majority in Berlin and the
suburbs Sunday, nccordinsr to n Ber
lin dispatch to the Handelsblnd. they
cannot consider the results satisfac
tory ns the lloiirucoise parties iouud
more suniiih't than had been expected.
The l.oknl Anzeiuer of Berlin esti
mates that the Bourceoiso parties up
to Tuesday afternoon had traicd as
ninny scuts ns the two socialist par
tics combined.
One of the arent surprises of the
election was the success of the so
cialists in Kust Prussia, where thev
we're formerly detested hy the voters.
The conservatives polled tv heavy
vote throiu.'hout the country.
. COPENHAGEN". Jan. 21. Pnrtiul
reports from the elections in Lower
liimirin and I nncr l'luil show thut
the Bavarian people's party won five
seals, the majority socialists two nnd
the peasant alliance two. In Schles-witr-Holstcin
uml I.uheck the majority
socialists won fve stats nnd the Ger
man democrats three. Tho independ
ent socialists and the Christum peo
ple's purtv. formerly centrists,-failed
to win u sinalc sen.
LONDON; Jnn. 21. In I Inmburs.
which was considered n stronghold
of the Spartnciins and Independent
socialists, the majority socialists se
cured seven seats out of eleven, ae
cordinir to u Central News dispatch
from Ainsterduiii. The Gorman demo
crats won three scuts and the inde
pendent socialists one.
IAL
PARK ENLARGEMENT
SAI.EM, Ore.. Jan. 22 The Jack
son coiiutv uelesntion in the house
of representatives have introduced
it .memorial to'conarcss urainir the
passage of Senator McXnrv's hill in
coneress extendim: the limit ol Crn-
Icr Lake national park to include
some of the scenic hultes north of
the hike. II is-cxpeeted tho memorial
will be adopted t nn wily ditto,
PACKERS PASS
INCOIVIE TAXES
Tl
Armour Admits Earnlnas Shown in
Annual Statement Did Not Include
Millions Set Aside for Income and
Excess Profits Wants Reasonable
Price for Livestock. .
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22. Appear.
lng for the second day before the
bouse interstate commerce commit
tee, J. Ogden Armour, president of
Armour and company, was question
ed further today by members of the
committee as to operations of the
meat packing industry.
Establishment of a central agency
to control shipments of meat animals
to market was advocated toy Mr. Ar
mour as a means ot stabilizing prices
and preventing gluts in the market
He said, however, that supply was
not the only factor in fixing the mar
ket price for livestock, which depend
ed also on the fluctuating demand
for meat.
Mr. Armour said the consumer
could protect himself in a measure
against high prices by refraining
from purchasing, but that the pro
ducer of livestock, like the packer,
had to take whatever the market was
paying at the time he sold.
"We are very much Interested in
maintaining a reasonable price, much
more so than In having a price so
high as to discourage the eating ot
meat or too low to prevent the rais
ing ot cattle." Mr. Armour said.
...Bringing out -that tho 113.000,000
earnings shown in Armour's annual
statement did not include ?6, 800, 000
set aside for income and excess pro
fits. Representative Stephens ot Ne
braska said:
"Then you are passing that on to
the consumer?"
"That may be so," Mr. Armour re
plied.
Replying to a question, Mr. Ar
mour said his "company's advertising
campaign was necessary as a result
of the federal trade commission's
"crusade, or whatever you call it,
against the packing Industry."
$100,000 RELIEF
BILI
SALEM, Ore.,. Jan. 22. After
scoring the upper house of the legis
lature tor making a "political foot
ball" of the bill appropriating $100,-
000 for the relief of returned soldiers
and sailors, the house today sent the
measure back to tho senate with re
fusal to concur In a senato amend
ment. Tho amendment would have
provided that soldiers receiving
money from the fund must make
complete statement concerning them
selves and their circumstances, to be
filed with the secretary ot state.
Representatives declared them
selves opposed to "putting strings on
their gratitude," or cross-examining
the boys before giving them a cent.'
A house conference committee went
back to the senate with the bill.
The conference commute reported
later that the senate had receded
from Its demand for amendment and
the bill will go thru as originally
drafted. -
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 22. A bill do
signed as nn offset for tho raise in
rates, from 25 to 100 per cent, put
into effect in Oregon yesterday bv the
Hell Telephone company, wns mtro
duced into the house here todnv bv
ltopreseiitntivo C. Schuebcl of Ore
eon City, The measure would cause
five per cent of -the telephone com
ponies' gross income to revert to tho
state in tnxes.
"Tho people undoubtedly will hnv
to pnv the arbitrary raise in rates,'
dcclured Representative Schuebcl in
offering his bill, "but thev will nt
least have (he satisfaction, if thi:
measure passes, of knowning that the
extra inoiiev thov pnv will sro to the
state treasury and not to that of
private corporation." - .
CONSUMERS
RISK ENVOYS
SENT TO PARIS
Address to Free Nations Issued De-
mandina National Riahts and Inde
pendence Leaislative Powers to
Be Vested in Deputies Elected From
Existing. Constituencies.
DUBLIN, Jan. 22. Accordinu to
tho provisional constitution of tho
Irish republic now before the "Dull
Eireann," legislative powers ore to
be vested in deputies elected from ex
istinir parliamentary; constituencies.
The ministry will consist of a presi
dent and four executive offices
secretaries of finance, home affairs,
foreign affairs and national defense.
All revenues will be raised on tho
vote of the "Dial Eireann." The con
stitution may be altered upon several
days notice, tjouni i-iunKeti. rro
fessor Kdwurd DcValena and Arthur ,
Grii'fits will probably be appointed Ir
ish delegates to the peace conference
today. . . .,
Aauress io canons . ;
The address to free nntions. Tend
t, the parliament yesterday, was in
part as follows: ' '
"The nation of Ireland, hnvtne ner i
nutionul independence, culls through,
her elected representatives in parlia
ment assembled, upon every free na
tion to support, the Irish republic bv
recognizing Ireland's national sta
tus and her right to vindication at the
pence conference. , : ;
It declared that Ireland was radi
cally distinct from England in race,
language, customs nnd traditions.
Ireland, it. said, was one bf the most
ancient nations of Europe. She has
never rclinnuisheil her nationr.l rights,
which she had defiantly proclaimed
every generation throughout the era
of English usurpation, "'down to her
lust glorious resort to arms in 191G."
After referring to her geographical
position, the nddress continued: .
Independence Demanded .,
"Ireland's independence is demand
ed. Bv the freedom of the seas her
great harbors will lie opened to all
nations, instead of being a monopoly
to England. Today these hnrbors aro
empty and solely because Irelund ir
revocably determined nt the dawn ot
the, promised era of self determina
tion ami liberty that she will suffer
from domination no longer, culls ev
ery tree nation to upnoin ner na
tional claim to complete independence ,
as an Irish republic against tho ar
rogant pretensions of. England, which
were founded on fraud und sustained
bv overwhelming militurv occupation. -She
demands to be confronted public
ly with Englund nt the congress or. .
nations, thut the civilized world, hav
ing judged between English wrong and
Irish right, may guarantee Irelund its
permanent support for the mainten
ance of national independence." -
FOR SEA SERVICE
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 22. Governor
Withycombe received today n tele- .
gram from Hcnrv Howard, director
of the recruiting service of the United
States shipping board stating that
the board wants two thousand men on
its training ships at Atlantic and Pa
cific ports. T .
The message says . tho ' shipiune
board "notes that there are indica
tions of n coming of surplus of labor
in vour state." and asks that pulilie .
attention be called to opportunities
offered bv the merchant miirino. Men
between IS and 35 years of age aro
wanted for firemen, sailors or gtcw
urds with chances of advancement to
officers' positions. ;
pope'sIre
BALTIMORE, Jan. 22. Without
formality Archbishop Boiiitvcntiirn
Cerretti, under secretary of stule nt
the Vatican, today presented J'opn
Benedict's greeting lo Curdiriul Gib
bons on tho occasion of the eardln
cl's golden jubilee of his episcopate.
The formal celebration look place
hero last autumn, hut due In war con
ditions the nope was unable a
anv one nt (hut time, - , . m
PEACE MEETING